Coffee and community : Maya farmers and fair-trade markets / Sarah Lyon.

Coffee and community : Maya farmers and fair-trade markets /

We are told that simply by sipping our morning cup of organic, fair-trade coffee we are encouraging environmentally friendly agricultural methods, community development, fair prices, and shortened commodity chains. But what is the reality for producers, intermediaries, and consumers? This ethnograph...

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Main Author: Lyon, Sarah (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Boulder, Colo. : University Press of Colorado, ©2011.
Subjects:
Coffee industry > Guatemala.
Coffee > Social aspects > Guatemala.
Competition, Unfair > Guatemala.
Online Access: Full text (Wentworth users only)
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • The historical convergence of local livelihoods, the global economy, and international politics
  • Trade not aid : assessing fair trade's economic impact on cooperative members and their families
  • Obligatory burdens : collaboration and discord within the cooperative
  • The political economy of organic and shade-grown coffee certification, local livelihoods, and identities
  • Managing the Maya : power in the fair-trade market
  • Marketing the Maya : fair trade's producer/consumer relationships
  • Conclusion : a fairer future.

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